Nursing and Quality Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Nursing & Quality Manager to join the Health in Justice service at Practice Plus Group.

You will work across the South and IRCS directorate which covered our prisons in the South of England and our Immigration Removal Centres at Gatwick, Heathrow and Derwentside.

This role is home based, with travel to sites across the directorate as required.

This is a senior clinical leadership role providing nursing leadership and quality oversight across the directorate portfolio of prison and secure environment healthcare services. You will work closely with operational and clinical leaders to ensure services are safe, effective, patient-centred and compliant with regulatory standards.

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

• Competency framework

• Regional and national career development opportunities

• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

As a Nursing & Quality Manager your responsibilities will vary. You will:

Provide visible senior nursing leadership across the directorate.

Support delivery of the Nursing & Quality Strategy.

Develop and coach nursing and clinical teams.

Support nursing leaders with complex workforce, quality and clinical issues.

Deputise for the Directorate Head of Nursing & Quality when required.

Lead and support quality improvement programmes.

Conduct and support audits, governance activities and quality assurance processes.

Monitor quality metrics and service performance indicators.

Ensure learning from incidents, complaints and audits leads to measurable improvements.

Maintain oversight of risk registers, incident reporting and patient safety processes.

Support implementation of quality improvement action plans.

Deliver workshops and education sessions where required

Work closely with Heads of Healthcare and multidisciplinary teams.

Attend and contribute to HMPPS and partnership meetings.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there … we also offer:

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development

24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 60 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated

we act with integrity

we embrace diversity

we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.